Music-filing cabinet.



G; G. GERATY.

MUSIC FILING CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 18, 1910.

1,033,793, Patented July 30, 1912.

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MUSIC-FILING CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patente d July 3%, 1912.

Application filed March 18, 1910. Serial No. 550,216.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Gnonon C. GERATY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Music-Filing Cabinets, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to music cabinets, and has for its object the provision of an improved cabinet wherein the various kinds of printed music, either in sheet form or book form, may be properly placed and classified, so that it will be a simple matter to withdraw from the cabinet any particular piece of music or book desired.

In the preferred form of my invention 1 supply locking devices, which are concealed, and which, furthermore, are so arranged that while no key is necessary, any unauthorized person would not be able to open the cabinet, not knowing how to operate the locking devices.

I will describe my invention more in detail by reference to the accompanying drawing illustrating a preferred embodiment thereof, in which,

Figure 1 is a front view, partially in section, of my improved cabinet; Fig. 2 is a detail view, partially in section, of the looking knob; Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of the locking mechanism; Fig. l is a detail sectional view of the lower portion of the cabinet; Fig 5 is a partial view of one of the drawers; and Fig. 6 is a detail of construction.

Referring more particularly to Fig. 1, I show a cabinet having the side walls 1, 1, the base portion 2 and the top plate 3, which cabinet is designed to receive drawers 4, a, of which six are shown in the illustration. The drawers consist, as shown more clearly in Fig. 5, of the front plate 5 and the knobs 6 attached thereto. Each drawer has a bottom plate 7, upon which are mounted two standards 8, 8, which are rotatable, so that they can be rotated to receive index sheets 9, an index sheet for each letter, or in any other suitable subdivision, as may be required, which index sheets are laid one on top of another, as shown more clearly in Fig. 5.

The standards 8 are L shaped with the short leg of the L projecting horizontally as shown in Fig. 5 and the long leg projecting vertically into the base of the drawers. Thus, when these standards are turned at right angles to their position shown in Fig. 5 with their short legs projecting toward the left, sheets can be readily inserted or withdrawn, after which the said standards are rotated to the position shown in Fig. 5 to retain the sheets in position. The drawers are provided with recesses 10, as shown, in their side walls, which recesses are adapted for engagement with a bar 11 movable through the agency of a link 12 and a bell crank lever 13 controlled by a spring 1 1, the alternative positions being shown in dotted lines more clearly in Fig. 3. An actuating bar 15 controlled by a spring 16 is mounted in thetopmost drawer 4: and is under the control of a cam 16 mounted on the square shaft '17 and actuated by the handle 18 of said top drawer. Said handle is held in place by a springy bearing 19, which tends to draw the handle inwardly through the agency of the nut 20. The lower portion of the cabinet is not provided with a drawer, but, instead, is designed to receive books of bound music or other articles pertaining to a musical library, and to accommodate these has preferably no compartment subdivisions, but has a hinged door 21 operated by the handle 6, and prevented from opening too far by means of brackets 22. The combination has a back 23 so as to provide a closed structure as will be apparent from Fig. at.

It will be seen from the above description that in order to lock the cabinet the drawers must all be closed, and then the handle 18 of the topmost drawer is rotated a quarter turn, which thereby locks all of the drawers and the door 21. Persons not understanding the manner of opening the cabinet would find it diflicult, and usually find it impossible, to open same, and I thus provide simple means for performing this locking operation without the aid of a key or special combination.

While I have herein shown and particularly described the preferred embodiment of my invent-ion, what 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A music cabinet comprising in combination a compartment and a door therefor, a plurality of drawers mounted in said cabinet, locking devices for locking said drawers and door in place, knobs for opening said drawers and door, and means whereby one of said knobs controls said locking devices, said means including a cam operated by said knob, a spring-controlled plunger governed by said cam and movable catches controlled by said plunger.

2. A music cabinet comprising in combi nation a compartment and a door therefor, a plurality of drawers mounted in said cabinet, locking devices for locking said drawersand door in place, knobs for opening said drawers and door, and means whereby one of said knobs controls said locking devices, said means including a cam operated by said knob, a spring-controlled plunger governed by said cam, movable catches for en gaging said drawers, a link connected to said catches, and a spring-controlled bell crank lever for operating said link.

3. A music cabinet comprising in combination a compartment and a door therefor, a plurality of drawers mounted in said cabinet, locking devices for locking said drawers and door in place, knobs for opening said drawers and door, and means whereby one of said knobs controls said locking devices, said means including a cam operated by said knob, a spring-controlled plunger governed by said cam, movable catches for engaging said drawers, a link and a spring-controlled bell crank lever connected to said catches, said knob for operating said locking devices being held in place by a spring plate.

4. In a device of the class described in combination, a plurality of drawers having notches therein, a vertical rod provided with projections thereon adapted to engagesaid notches, a bell crank connected with said rod, a horizontal rod carried in one of said drawers to operate said bell crank and a cam for operating said rod.

5. In a device of the class described in combination, a cabinet containing a nest of drawers, each of said drawers having a recess therein, a vertical reciprocating rod for engaging said recesses and a horizontally reciprocating plunger carried within one of said drawers for operating said rod.

6. In a device of the class described in combination, a plurality of drawers each having a recess therein, a locking bar adapted to engage said recesses, an operating member connected to said bar, a reciprocating plunger carried in one of said drawers adapted to operate said bar, and means to operate said plunger.

7. In a device of the class described in combination, a cabinet comprising a frame, a plurality of receptacles mounted in said frame, each of said receptacles having a front wall having a recess therein, said wall being movable with respect to said frame, a bar for engaging each of said recesses, a bell crank lever for supporting said bar, and a cam carried in one of said front walls for operating said lever.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this seventeenth day of February GEORGE C. GERATY. Witnesses:

MAX W. ZABEL, JEAN ELLIOTT.

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